This is a get away from it all interview from the Dick Staub Show archives. Publishers Weekly says, "In this lighthearted memoir, Ferenc Mate recalls the early years he and his artist wife, Candace, spent in Tuscany. The two were certain on their initial visit in 1987 that they wanted to relocate to Italy and buy a home in the Tuscan hills, but it took them a year to return and begin house hunting. Mate provides an amusing account of their quest, which was made even more difficult by a lack of facility in the Italian language."
Mike Yaconelli "colored outside the lines his whole life." He was one of the founders of The Wittenburg Door. He was also co-founder of Youth Specialties, which has had a tremendous impact on how we understand and help teens in this culture. By his own confession he was the pastor of "the slowest growing church in America." He was also an advocate of what he calls "messy spirituality" and wrote a book by the same title: Messy Spirituality: God's Annoying Love for Imperfect People. I talked with Mike about this book in 2002 and he was tragically killed in an accident in his truck in 2003.
Mike Yaconelli "colored outside the lines his whole life. He was one of the founders of The Wittenburg Door. He was also co-founder of Youth Specialties, which has had a tremendous impact on how we understand and help teens in this culture. By his own confession he was the pastor of "the slowest growing church in America." He was also an advocate of what he calls "messy spirituality" and wrote a book by the same title: Messy Spirituality: God's Annoying Love for Imperfect People. I talked with Mike about this book in 2002 and he was tragically killed in an accident in his truck in 2003.
Mike Yaconelli "colored outside the lines his whole life. He was one of the founders of The Wittenburg Door. He was also co-founder of Youth Specialties, which has had a tremendous impact on how we understand and help teens in this culture. By his own confession he was the pastor of "the slowest growing church in America. He was also an advocate of what he calls "messy spirituality" and wrote a book by the same title: Messy Spirituality: God's Annoying Love for Imperfect People. I talked with Mike about this book in 2002 and he was tragically killed in an accident in his truck in 2003.
Today excerpts from my new book, " The Culturally Savvy Christian: A Manifesto for Deepening Faith and Enriching Popular Culture in an Age of Christianity-Lite" due for release on April 16. Pre-order at amazon today! In 1967, as a new follower of Jesus, I sat in San Francisco's Fillmore West between two guys who were smoking marijuana, listening to Jefferson Airplane, way before the trendy bracelet told me to, I asked myself, "What would Jesus do?" 55
This talk, recently delivered at International Arts Movement's conference, with additional images are available at www.makotofujimura.blogspot.com "Little Lamb, I'll tell thee, Little Lamb, I'll tell thee, He is called by thy name, For he calls himself a Lamb." Songs of Innocence, The Lamb, William Blake. "Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame they fearful symmetry?" Songs of Experience, The Tyger, William Blake
1. Inviting Monsters into our Hearts. A child uses all of her senses to discover the world. She picks up and finds fascination with a dandelion, feels the bumpy bark of a tree, tastes the baseball, smells the fallen leaf. If you asked a room full of kindergarteners, "Raise your hand if you are an artist!ť"Almost every child would raise his hand. 55
(Over the next few days we'll feature podcasts about faith and science. This week's The Kindlings Muse @ Hales features a spirited discussion by Adrian Wyard and John West about the new atheists–Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett. We'll also carry an interview with Randy Olson whose Flock of Dodos is a humorous, insightful and controversial exploration of the contemporary controversy over evolution, intelligent design and how science is being taught in our schools.' Today comments by Oxford Professor Alistair McGrath about Dawkin's "God Delusion.") He is a 'psychotic delinquent', invented by mad, deluded people. 55
Leif Enger was raised in Osakis, Minnesota and worked as a reporter and producer for Minnesota Public Radio for nearly 20 years. He currently lives on a farm in Minnesota with his wife and two sons. Peace Like a River is his debut novel. Peace Like a River was a National Bestseller; it was listed as one of Time magazine’s Top Five Books of the Year for 2001; and listed as a Best Book of the Year by the Christian Science Monitor, the Denver Post and the Los Angeles Times. The novel Peace Like a River is many things, from a tragedy to a love story to a heroic quest. Eleven-year-old asthmatic Reuben Land dotes on his 16-year-old brother Davy. But when Davy becomes an outlaw, Reuben, his father and his sister must embark on a quest to find and save Davy. As they cross the Midwest, the family encounters kind strangers, a menacing federal agent, burning bushes and other mysterious events. The book explores the frontiers of faith and familial love as the Land family finds its true nature in each other and their joint quest to restore their family.
A Dick Staub Interview (Segment 2 of 4). Here is your chance to get acquainted with Randall Balmer, as we discuss his spiritual memoir, Growing Pains: Learning to Love My Father's Faith. Randall is the Ann Whitney Olin Professor of American Religion at Barnard College, Columbia University, earned the Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1985. His book, Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: A Journey into the Evangelical Subculture in America, was made into a three-part documentary for PBS. Dr. Balmer was nominated for an Emmy for his script-writing on that series. He has been a visiting professor at Rutgers, Yale, Drew, Princeton, and Northwestern universities and at Union Theological Seminary, where he is also an adjunct professor.
Today segment three. Since this interview Lauren has gone on to write some other amazing books including "Mudhouse Sabbath," and "Real Sex: The Naked Truth about Chastity." She has degrees from Columbia and Cambridge universities and is currently at work on her doctorate in the history of American religion. She lives in Durham, North Carolina, with her husband, Griff Gatewood. This interview on "Girl Meets God" is often requested and reflects the early phases of her journey disarmingly. Enjoy and please tell friends about the Kindlings Muse.
